North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 779 Reason
After returning to his home, Jimmy finally relaxed completely. Nia still needed to go to work, and he also needed to meet and chat with other people, such as Father Rodney, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and his godson Elliot, and of course his father-in-law and his family.

After not seeing each other for over a month, Jimmy still had a lot of things he wanted to talk to Kevin about, especially what happened in Los Angeles, as well as what Dave and his team had done behind the scenes. He couldn't talk to Dave about these things, and Dave only gave him a brief account of them when they were having dinner, with no intention of letting Jimmy know the inside story in depth.

There are not many people around Jimmy who know about these things, and his father-in-law Kevin is undoubtedly the most suitable person for him to ask.

Nia had called her mother in advance, and the two of them came over for dinner in the evening. Then Nia and her mother watched TV and chatted, while Jimmy and Kevin came to the study to chat. Some things were not suitable to be discussed when the family was together.

Jimmy raised his own questions, especially why there would be such a thing as using cases to interfere with opponents within the Donkey Party. Although Kevin was not clear about the details, he still roughly guessed what was going on.

Kevin asked Jimmy to explain the details of the case, and then gave his guess.

New York is a traditional Democratic Party advantage state and has a very high status within the party. One of the candidates in this primary election is from New York, but this woman's reputation is not very good. There is no doubt that many bigwigs are optimistic about the other party's candidate in this election.

After all, the most popular old white man has withdrawn from the election. Now the only two candidates left are a woman and a black man. Many people subconsciously still hope to continue some traditions. If they compete with black people for the party's candidacy, New York has little advantage. The equal rights movement and skin color still have a certain status in the eyes of some people. (The position of the black man has moved a little, don't mind it.)
As for the disadvantaged party, she also has many allies. If she wants to reverse some things, she must use some means that cannot be made public. The case handled by Jimmy this time is neither too big nor too small, and it does not involve the people above. It happens to be a hidden key node. By using this key node, she can actually interfere with many people. Although it will not become a stumbling block to the opponent, it can definitely dig a ditch on the road and make him trip when he passes by.

However, the case later got out of control and even involved big shots, so the case had to be suppressed. For an agent like Jimmy who can handle the case but is not one of them, kicking him out of the investigation is the best option. As long as the person handling the case is one of them, many things can be handled.

The reason why New York agreed was obviously because some people put enough pressure on her. From now on, her campaign should be coming to an end.

Kevin poured himself a glass of wine while explaining, and drank it in one gulp. "Jimmy, you are really a lucky guy. Cases involving politics are always difficult to handle. It's good to be able to get out of it now. At least you don't have to worry about being targeted and retaliated against afterwards."

He put the cup down, looked at Jimmy and shook his head with a smile: "This is not bad. It seems that most of the party leaders have already made their choice. At least it gives us a lot of time to adjust our response plan. Some things also need to be cut off."

Jimmy nodded. Kevin explained it very clearly. Of course he could think of the so-called advantages and disadvantages of women and blacks. The current social atmosphere is still an era of racial equality, and the era of gender equality has not yet arrived. The advantage is of course on the other side. New York is also unlucky. When encountering such things, they can only do things behind the scenes.

Only then did Jimmy really understand why the things he had done turned out like this. As the saying goes, a single move affects the entire body. The person he got rid of happened to be the key node, and the reason why the headquarters later arranged for people from the Los Angeles office to take over his case was obviously because the murder of Mrs. Harriton and the attack on that big shot touched people at higher levels, and they were also worried that this matter would cause bigger problems, so they had to let their own people control everything.

Jimmy had another idea. If he guessed correctly, the attack on the big shot was probably caused by Mrs. Hareton, and it was probably arranged by lawyer Sebastian. After all, it was impossible for her bodyguards to know about such a big thing, and only Sebastian frequently went in and out of her safe house some time before the murder.

Now Sebastian has also disappeared. Either he hid after seeing what happened to Mrs. Hareton, or he was killed by someone behind the scenes. It is impossible to figure out these things completely.

But these have nothing to do with Jimmy anymore. The information he handed over is already very detailed. It is not so easy for the Los Angeles office to put the blame on Jimmy again. As long as there is no problem at the hotel, no one will associate it with Jimmy. And Winston is the only one at the hotel who knows the inside story.

Kevin should also gain something this time, knowing in advance what the people above him think. For those of them who are in the middle and lower classes, it is time to allocate resources and build relationships. Kevin is not very old, and if he works hard, it is unlikely that he can become a member of parliament, but there is still hope if he can move up.

After talking about the most important things, there was nothing else that needed to be kept secret. The two left the study and returned to the living room. The whole family chatted in the living room, watched TV, and occasionally complained about the TV series. The family was having a great time.

After resting for two days, Jimmy called Roland again. This time the call was successfully connected, but Roland was unable to come to New York for the time being and needed to rest in Maine for a few more days.

Jimmy didn't wait any longer. Roland didn't know where he was now, and it was not convenient for him to contact anyone outside, so he couldn't give a specific route. Jimmy contacted the hacker that the hotel had given him before, and asked him to help find out Roland's mobile phone location information, and then bought a plane ticket directly to Bangor, Maine.

Bangor is the second largest city in Maine. It has a modest population of only a few hundred thousand people. Maine is also a typical sparsely populated area, completely different from cities like New York.

But Bangor is a big city after all, and it has an airport. After getting off the plane, Jimmy went straight to a car rental store at the airport, rented a car, and headed for a remote town in the northwest.

Something must have happened to Roland, but it was inconvenient to talk about it over the phone. Jimmy was not sure how long he would need to stay here, so he simply came here with his luggage and equipment.

Jimmy has obtained Dave's permission to have a month's vacation. When he returned from Los Angeles, he did not send his equipment bag back to the office for storage. Now he packs it directly into the suitcase for the trip. Although it looks scary, there is no problem taking the plane. He just needs to check in the equipment.

In fact, Roland was wrong when he said he was in Bangor, Maine. He was very far away from Bangor. Although the specific area he was in was not determined, he was definitely not in the suburbs.

The terrain in Maine was pretty good, and Jimmy was fast, so he finally arrived at Roland's cell phone location area before dark, a small village with only a dozen houses.

This small village is very remote. It takes a long drive from the state highway to get here. On the way, Jimmy also saw some dilapidated buildings remaining on the distant mountains. Apart from the good natural environment, there is basically nothing special here.

But he immediately discovered the problem after entering the village. Driving along the road, he saw no one in the houses on either side.

Roland was already standing at the door waiting for Jimmy. Jimmy reached out his hand from the car window and waved. Suddenly he noticed that Roland's trousers were missing a leg and his leg was wrapped in a bandage. He frowned and parked the car in front of the house. He opened the door and got out. He walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk while talking. "Roland, what's wrong with your leg? Is it injured?"

Roland stood there and looked at Jimmy: "It's just a minor injury. Do you have a medical kit?"

Jimmy came out with the suitcase: "I have it. Come back to the house. I need to check it for you."

Roland turned and walked into the house. Jimmy followed him to the sofa, pulled out the dagger from his pocket and cut the bandage directly. After removing it bit by bit, he found a big problem. It was a puncture wound, with a hole pierced from the side of the calf. Roland simply cleaned it and applied a layer of unknown medicine.

Jimmy: "What happened? What medicine is this?"

Roland: "I brought this ointment for knife wounds from over there."

Jimmy looked up at Roland and said, "It doesn't seem to be working. The wound is already showing signs of inflammation. You need to go to the hospital. Let me change it for you first."

Jimmy opened the suitcase and took out the equipment bag, which contained a small medical kit for emergency treatment. He first tied a tourniquet around Roland's calf, then cleaned the wound for him, stopped the bleeding, and loosened the tourniquet a little after applying the bandage, allowing the blood to slowly resume normal flow.

Jimmy: "This is just an emergency treatment. It's better for us to go to the hospital for further treatment. What exactly happened? This is not a gunshot wound."

Roland watched Jimmy busy bandaging himself without saying a word. Only after Jimmy finished did he tell him about how he encountered the spider monster and came here, and found that everyone in the village had disappeared.

He took a rest in the small village and then returned to the small cave. He began to search along the blood dripping from the spider monster. It took him a long time to find a house. This was a warehouse with a cellar inside. Although the traces of the blood had disappeared before, it was obvious that this cellar was where the spider monster was hiding.

Roland returned to the other houses and found a flashlight. He went down the ladder on the wall of the cellar. There was a big hole extending diagonally to the side, and he found many traces of spider silk here, which confirmed his idea that this was the lair of the spider monster.

The cave was very deep. When Roland went in to search with a flashlight, he was ambushed by a spider monster. Due to the small space, although he successfully killed the spider monster, his calf was pierced by the spider monster's foot. After he came out and treated the wound himself, he received a call from Jimmy.

Jimmy: "So the spider monster has been killed? What about these people who disappeared?"

Roland: "I didn't go deep into the cave to look for them, but I think these people are beyond saving. Several days have passed..."

Jimmy turned his head and glanced outside the house. "There are many houses here, so there must be a lot of people. So many people missing is a big deal and it's hard to explain. Where is the cave? I want to take a look."

Roland: "It's the house at the farthest end of the village. There's a small warehouse next to it. It's right there."

Jimmy nodded and stood up. "Don't go over there. Rest here. I'll go take a look and be back soon."

Roland shook his head. "No, let's go together. I'll wait for you upstairs." He stretched out his hand, and Jimmy pulled Roland up. The two of them walked slowly towards the house while chatting.

Jimmy was not overly sympathetic, but such a big thing had happened here, and Roland had been here for a few days. He would definitely become a key suspect afterwards. He had to figure out what was going on here so that he could figure out as much as possible what to do next.

Jimmy: "By the way, Roland, what exactly is the Black Rainbow?"

Roland: "A kind of magical energy. There is a legend in our world that Gann created the material world and created multiple parallel realities. The first magician appeared on the dark edge of the world. He called himself Merlin.

As the greatest wizard, Merlin transformed his abilities into thirteen rainbow balls. These rainbow balls have different abilities. I am not a wizard and I don’t know much about this, but there are not many rainbow balls currently existing in the world.

This is one of the reasons why I came to find you, Jimmy, I hope you can go back with me."

Jimmy helped Roland walk, "Why?"

Roland: "Our world is about to decline. Many abnormal situations have occurred. Geological activities are becoming more and more frequent. There are also many space-time rifts that are connected to other universes. A wizard I met once told me that they suspected that the energy of the world was unbalanced. Once the balance is broken, the speed of the world's decline will be further accelerated.

Merlin's Rainbow Ball is the source of magic. Maybe it's because I brought the Rainbow Ball out of our world that the imbalance has occurred. Regardless of whether this is the case, I want to give it a try."

Jimmy frowned: "To your world?"

Roland: "I just want to give it a try. You inherited the Black Rainbow. Maybe if you go back with me, it can balance it out."

Jimmy was still a little confused when he suddenly heard this topic. "Roland, your request... let me think about it. It's not that easy to decide. The warehouse is in front of us, right? Let's deal with the things in front of us first."

(End of this chapter)